Download or read book The Shipshape Miracle written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine tales of imagination and wonder from one of the formative voices of science fiction and fantasy, the author of Way Station and City. Named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Clifford D. Simak was a preeminent voice during the decades that established sci-fi as a genre to be reckoned with. Held in the same esteem as fellow luminaries Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Ray Bradbury, his novels continue to enthrall today’s readers. And his short fiction is still as gripping and surprising now as when it first entertained an entire generation of fans. The title story is just one example of this. Cheviot Sherwood doesn’t believe in miracles. They never seem to pay off. So when he’s marooned on a planet with no plan for escape and no working radio, he takes it in stride and prepares for a long stay gathering food, making shelter, and collecting all the diamonds the world has to offer. But when a ship like none he’s ever encountered lands, he sees his salvation—and an opportunity to take the priceless craft for himself. Unfortunately, his “rescuer” has the same idea . . . This volume also includes the celebrated short works “Eternity Lost,” “Shotgun Cure,” and “Paradise,” among others. Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this ebook.
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Download or read book The Shipshape Miracle and Other Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine tales of imagination and wonder from one of the formative voices of science fiction and fantasy, the author of Way Station and City. Named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Clifford D. Simak was a preeminent voice during the decades that established sci-fi as a genre to be reckoned with. Held in the same esteem as fellow luminaries Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Ray Bradbury, his novels continue to enthrall today's readers. And his short fiction is still as gripping and surprising now as when it first entertained an entire generation of fans. The title story is just one example of this. Cheviot Sherwood doesn't believe in miracles. They never seem to pay off. So when he's marooned on a planet with no plan for escape and no working radio, he takes it in stride and prepares for a long stay gathering food, making shelter, and collecting all the diamonds the world has to offer. But when a ship like none he's ever encountered lands, he sees his salvation-and an opportunity to take the priceless craft for himself. Unfortunately, his "rescuer" has the same idea...'his volume also includes the celebrated short works "Eternity Lost," "Shotgun Cure," and "Paradise," among others. Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this ebook.
Download or read book The Shipside Miracle written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The castaway was a wanted man—but he didn't know how badly he was wanted! A science fiction classic by the author of CITY and MASTODONIA.
Download or read book Intergalactic Stories 60 SF Classics in One Edition Illustrated written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 1762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intergalactic Stories: 60+ SF Classics in One Edition, illustrated and compiled from the pens of some of the most celebrated authors in science fiction, traverses the broad spectrum of humanity's outermost fantasies and fears. The collection showcases an array of literary styles, from the pioneering explorations of space operas to the intricate web of speculative science fiction, providing a panoramic view of the genre's evolution over several decades. Noteworthy for both its diversity and significance, the anthology presents an opportunity to engage with seminal works that have shaped the contours of modern science fiction, capturing the imagination with tales of interstellar adventure, dystopian futures, and the boundless curiosity of the human spirit. The contributing authors and editors, including Clifford D. Simak, Poul Anderson, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, and others, bring a rich tapestry of backgrounds to the collection. Their collective work aligns with various historical, cultural, and literary movements, from the golden age of science fiction to the more nuanced, philosophical undertones of the genre's later years. Through their diverse narratives, these authors contribute to a holistic exploration of what it means to venture beyond the known, blending tales of alien encounters, time travel, and cosmic wars with profound questions about humanity's place in the universe. For aficionados of science fiction and newcomers alike, Intergalactic Stories: 60+ SF Classics in One Edition offers an unparalleled journey through the myriad landscapes of speculative fiction. The anthology serves not only as an educational tool, enlightening readers on the genre's historical development and thematic richness but also as an invitation to witness the dialogue between some of its most influential voices. This collection promises a captivating exploration of the endless possibilities that science fiction represents, making it an essential addition to any literary library.
Download or read book Intergalactic Warfare Boxed Set Illustrated Edition written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 1762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intergalactic Warfare - Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition)' collates an exquisite array of science fiction narratives, stands as a monumental anthology in the realm of speculative fiction. Encompassing a rich diversity of literary styles, this collection navigates the complex and riveting theme of interstellar conflict through a lens of striking creativity and depth. From the grand, cosmic battles to the intimate struggles of individual characters, the anthology showcases the genre's capacity to explore the farthest reaches of human imagination and ethical quandaries. The inclusion of standout pieces, illustrated to enhance their narrative potency, makes this collection a treasure trove for aficionados of the genre. The contributing authors, Clifford D. Simak, Poul Anderson, Damon Knight, Jerome Bixby, Ray Bradbury, and Leigh Brackett, are titans in the field of science fiction, each bringing their unique voices and visions to the anthology. Their stories not only reflect the individual authors perspectives but also weave together to present a multifaceted view of intergalactic warfare. Rooted in the mid-20th century, these narratives intersect with various historical and cultural movements of the time, from the Cold War's ideological battles to the boundless optimism of space exploration. The anthology captures a moment when humanity looked to the stars, both in fear and hope, reflecting broader societal tensions and aspirations. 'Intergalactic Warfare - Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition)' is a must-read for those intrigued by the complexity of interstellar conflict and the human condition as explored through the speculative lens. This collection offers a unique opportunity to engage with the works of seminal authors in science fiction, providing a spectrum of insights and experiences. For scholars, enthusiasts, and casual readers alike, this anthology opens up a dialogue between its diverse narratives, inviting readers to explore the vastness of space and the depth of the human spirit.
Download or read book Miracles on the Water written by Tom Nagorski and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit. On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their boys and girls away from Great Britain to escape the ravages of World War II. They were considered lucky, headed for quiet, peaceful, and relatively bountiful Canada. The Benares sank in half an hour, in a gale that sent several of her lifeboats pitching into the frigid sea. They were more than five hundred miles from land, three hundred miles from the nearest rescue vessel. Miracles on the Water tells the astonishing story of the survivors--not one of whom had any reasonable hope of rescue as the ship went down. The initial "miracle" involves one British destroyer's race to the scene, against time and against the elements; the second is the story of Lifeboat 12, missed by the destroyer and left out on the water, 46 people jammed in a craft built and stocked for 30. Those people lasted eight days on little food and tiny rations of drinking water. The survivors have grappled ever since with questions about the ordeal: Should the Benares have been better protected? How and why did they persevere? What role did faith and providence play in the outcome? Based on first-hand accounts from the child survivors and other passengers, including the author's great-uncle, Miracles on the Water brings us the story of the attack on the Benares and the extraordinary events that followed. Tom Nagorski is currently the Executive Vice President of the Asia Society following a three-decade career in journalism - having served most recently as Managing Editor for International Coverage at ABC News. Nagorski has won eight Emmy awards and the Dupont Award for excellence in international coverage, as well as a fellowship from the Henry Luce Foundation. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.
Download or read book Star Trek 101 A Practical Guide to Who What Where and Why written by Terry J. Erdmann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the future, a heroic captain and his crew explore the Galaxy in a really fast spacecraft. The crew's standing orders are: "...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."™ Simple, straightforward -- that's Star Trek.® So what's all the fuss? Why do news crews always seem to find someone, somewhere dressed up in a Star Trek costume? What could be so interesting to so many people? Star Trek 101 is the answer. You'll learn just a little about the heroes (Captain Kirk believes that man wasn't meant to live in paradise), the villains (Klingons have a thirst for conquest), and the important aliens (Vulcans live their lives by logic). In the handy recaps for all things Star Trek, you'll discover that the television shows and movies run the gamut from action-adventure to comedy. Just want to sample? The ten essential episodes are offered for your consideration. Star Trek 101 is a quick primer of the television shows and movies that carry the Star Trek name.
Download or read book The Trouble with Tycho and Cosmic Engineers written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventurers journey into the foreboding unknown regions of outer space in these two classic science fiction tales from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author. The Trouble with Tycho Prospecting on the moon is grim, dangerous, and usually unrewarding. Most greenhorns don’t know that until after they arrive, and Chris Jackson is no exception. He put everything he owns, and then some, into this venture, and he’ll be ruined if he fails. Jackson’s last chance at success is hidden in the uncharted crater Tycho—where three expeditions have already disappeared. Jackson, a beautiful immigrant, and a visiting doctor set out to find their fortunes . . . and discover whether the terrifying rumors of what lurks within Tycho are true. Cosmic Engineers “Upon you and you alone must rest the fate of the universe. You are the only ones to save it.” Thus spoke the mysterious Cosmic Engineers to a small group of human beings on the rim of the Solar System. Courageously journeying beyond uncharted stars, somewhere in the vastness of the galaxy, they will meet the greatest challenge of their lives—the catastrophic fury of the Hellhounds of Space.
Download or read book They Walked Like Men written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reporter uncovers a terrifying conspiracy, in this thrilling classic from a Science Fiction Grand Master. After a night out on the town, Parker Graves returns home to life-threatening danger. The science reporter for the local newspaper barely misses a bear trap sitting on his doorstep. Then, the object transforms into what looks like a bowling ball and rolls off into the night all by itself. He begins to obsess over the question—Who put the trap there? And why? The following day, there is strange news floating around at the newspaper office. Someone with limitless funds is buying up hundreds of homes and businesses, only to close them up and tear them down. People are running out of places to live and to work. Suddenly, Parker finds himself in the middle of a story nobody will believe . . . Aliens? Dolls that walk like people? Talking dogs? With a little help from a fellow reporter and an unusual visitor, Parker just might be able to put a stop to this mess—if he survives. “Some surprising jolts of violence and mayhem and a goodly dollop of cosmic paranoia.” —Fantasy Literature
Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Thirty Fifth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories. In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. Featuring short stories from acclaimed authors such as Indrapramit Das, Nancy Kress, Alastair Reynolds, Eleanor Arnason, James S.A. Corey & Lavie Tidhar, an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
Download or read book Cemetery World and Destiny Doll written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brave explorers encounter a dangerous new world and a terrifying future Earth in these two classic novels by the pioneering SFWA Grand Master. Cemetery World After a disastrous planet-wide war, Earth is nothing more than an elite graveyard—but Fletcher Carson is venturing back in search of a vital bounty. Fletcher, a former artist, is joined by a sentient machine, an ancient, powerful robot, and a treasure-seeking beauty. They soon discover that Earth harbors more than the carefully groomed tombstones. In the wild land beyond the cemetery there are dangerous machines, mutant creatures, and even humans who never left their home planet. Destiny Doll When a team of explorers is beckoned to a strange planet, it closes around them like a Venus flytrap. Assailed by strange perils and even stranger temptations, the small group struggles to survive as, surrounded by creatures of myth and mystery, they are stalked by a deadly nemesis. Even more peculiar is the little wooden painted doll that offers them salvation . . . or damnation.
Download or read book When the Fires Burn High and The Wind is From the North written by Robert J. Ewald and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1904, Clifford D. Simak sold his first science fiction story in 1930, and was soon publishing widely in the pulp magazines. He also pursued a separate career as a journalist and writer on science and other popular topics. He gained widespread fame in the SF world with the first of his series of "City" stories, published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1944; these were collected together in the book of the same title, which has remained almost continuously in print ever since. Simak was best known for his pastoral and humanitarian themes, as exemplied in his Hugo Award-winning novel, Way Station (1963). In later years he wrote both fantasy and SF stories and novels, winning many additional accolades for his work. He died in 1988. Robert J. Ewald provides the first extended look at Simak's writing, from his earliest pulp stories to the sophistical fiction of his later years. Complete with Chronology, Notes, Primary and Secondary Bibliographies, and detailed Index.
Download or read book Dusty Zebra written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of science fiction and adventure from the Hugo Award–winning author of Way Station and City. The long and prolific career of Clifford D. Simak cemented him as one of the formative voices of the science fiction and fantasy genre. The third writer to be named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, his literary legacy stands alongside those of Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury. This striking collection of nine tales showcases Simak’s ability to take the everyday and turn it into something truly compelling, taking readers on a long journey in a very short time. In “Dusty Zebra,” Joe discovers a portal that allows him to exchange everyday objects with an entity he can neither see nor hear, and soon learns that one man’s treasure may be another dimension’s trash. In “Retrograde Evolution,” an interplanetary trading vessel tries to figure out how to deal with a remote society that has suddenly decided to become far less civilized. And in “Project Mastodon,” an unusual ambassador from an unheard-of country offers amazing opportunities in a place the modern world can never compete with: the past. Simak’s mastery of the short form is on display in these and six other stories. Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this ebook.
Download or read book Why Call Them Back from Heaven written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A corporation promising immortality hides a sinister secret in this “extremely provocative” sci-fi novel (Judith Merril, author and editor). Since the dawn of mankind, immortality has been the ultimate reward. But by the year 2148, it requires no act of faith to believe in an afterlife. Forever Center promises to bring people back to a life beyond death. Now everyone spends their lives in poverty, giving all their money to Forever Center to ensure their happiness and comfort in the next eternal life. Daniel Frost is a key man at Forever Center, but when he accidentally stumbles onto some classified documents, Dan incurs the wrath of an unseen enemy and is framed for a terrible crime. Now, his right to immortality has been revoked and he is a social outcast, condemned to the desperate life of a hunted animal. As a renegade lawyer and a brilliant mathematician attempt to help him, they reveal some shattering information about Forever Center . . . and the essence of life itself.
Download or read book Ring Around the Sun written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic novel by the Science Fiction Grand Master, a writer searching for explanations uncovers the existence of mutants and multiple Earths: “First-rate Simak” (The New York Times). Author Jay Vickers would like nothing more than to be left alone so he can finish his next book. But “there’s something strange going on,” as his peculiar neighbor, Horton Flanders, says. For instance, the market is filling with new inventions that supposedly last forever—cars, razors, cigarette lighters, and more. Individuals and whole families are disappearing. Soon, even Mr. Flanders vanishes—but not before leaving Vickers a note. Following Flanders’s advice, Vickers travels to his childhood home, where he makes a fantastic discovery. It is a mere child’s toy, a brightly colored whistling top. But for Jay Vickers, it leads to other worlds and answers all his questions. What happened to all the vanished people? Who is behind these helpful inventions? And what sort of being would want to stop them. . . ? “Unforgettable.” —New York Herald Tribune “Solid entertainment, with plenty of startling plot twists.” —The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction “Some of the most ingenious plot twists in recent science-fiction.” —Galaxy
Download or read book The Thing in the Stone written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mind-opening collection of short science fiction from one of the genre’s most revered Grand Masters. Legendary author Robert A. Heinlein proclaimed, “To read science fiction is to read Simak. A reader who does not like Simak stories does not like science fiction at all.” The remarkably talented Clifford D. Simak was able to ground his vast imagination in reality, and then introduce readers to fantastical worlds and concepts they could instantly and completely dig into, comprehend, and enjoy. In the title story, a man’s newfound ability to walk in the past allows him to dwell among dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers . . . and something even more timeless. In “Construction Shack,” the first manned expedition to Pluto reveals that no matter how advanced aliens may be, even they don’t always get everything right. And in “Univac 2200,” the thin line between humans creating technology and humans becoming technology is about to be crossed—and there may be no going back. Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this ebook.
